Rod for end-gates



(N0 Model.)

D. OOYLE. ROD FOR END GATES.

No. 4374642. Patented se mso, 1890.

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Wi U15 SSE 7LeM/W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAN OOYLE, OFCLARKSVILLE, TEXAS. i

ROD FOR EN D-GATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,642, datedSeptember 30, 1890.

Application filed July 1890- Serial No. 358,261. (No model.)

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAN CoYLE, a citizen 7 of the United States,residing at Olarksville,

in the county of Red River and State of Texas, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Rods for the End-Gates of Wagons or Vehiclesof any Kind; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in rods for the end-gates of wagonsor vehicles of any kind; and the object of my improvement is, first, toprovide a rod that can be readily attached or detached to the end-gateof any wagon or vehicle; second, to provide a rod that will effectuallyand rigidly hold the end-gate in position and afford practical facilitywhereby the end-gates of vehicles can be quickly opened or closed anddetached from the wagon-bed or placed in their normal position therein.I attain said object by a novel construction and arrangement of parts,fully described in this specification, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the rod in thevehiclegate. Fig. 2 is a similar view slightly modified. Figs. 3 and iare detailed views of the rod and its fixtures.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates the rod, which isconstructed with the centrally-located U-shaped handle a for the purposeof operating the rod and conveniently handling the endgate of thevehicle when detached from the vehicle-bed, or in attaching anddetaching the same to or from the vehicle-bed. This handle is made ofelastic steel or any flexible substance that will permit of the rodAbein g lengthened or shortened by means of screwing or unscrewing thecentrally-located section a It will be observed that said sectioncontains upon each end the threaded portions aiwhich are adapted to thecorresponding threaded orifices in the rod at the top of the U-shapedhandle a, and that there is in this section an orifice a, into which alever may be placed, whereby the same is screwed or unscrewed. Upon eachend of the rod A there are the bent biposite direction it is impossibleto extricate,

the rod until it is again turned in the position in which the prongswere adjusted. This is one of the novel features of my invention andprovides a safe and novel manner of lockin g and unlocking the end-gatesof vehicles. I also attach importance to the simplicity of theconstruction and arrangement of the central removable section a wherebythe rod A may be readily lengthened or shortened.

Fig. 2 is a modified form of my invention without the removable centralsection a and it is especially adapted to the end-gates of ve.

hicles which let down or open and shut. The novel features of thismodification consist in the bent bifurcated prongs a upon each end ofthe rod, in combination with the end attachments B, whereby the gate issecurely and easily locked and unlocked by means of the handle a.

The dotted lines in Fig. 2 indicate the position the handle a assumeswhen it is desired to let down the end-gate. When it is desired todetach the end-gate, the handle a, is turned to a point directlyopposite the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

Having fully described my invention and pointed out the novel,practical, and useful features, I deem it useless to further enlargeupon its merits.

That I claim is' I 1. A rod for the end-gates of vehicles, pro videdupon each end with the curved or bent prongs a, the centrally-locatedU-shaped handle, the central section a having upon each end the threadedportions afiwhioh work in correspondingthreaded orifices in the rod Intestimony whe eof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DAN COYLE.

WVitnesses:

JOHN ALLISON, A. W. WI'GTON.

